Clipping and pruning shears.



J.P.SOUTH.

OLIPPING AND PBUNING SHEARS,

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20 1909.

Patented Maya 1911.

I Hill 'iiiiillliii co, wnssmcrcu, n. c.

CLIPPING-AND mama Austin, Tex.

SI-IEARS. J0me P. some Filed July 20,1909. Serial To all whom it may coneemz Be it known that I, Jenn P. Som'n, a

citizen of the United States residin at Ausi tin, in the county of Travis and Texas, have invented certain new and'useful i Improvements in Olifpping and Pruni i Shears, of which the o lowing is a speci l cation.

i This invention relates to pruning and one of the principal objects of t,

, and c ip in lants, trees flowers, gathering E fruits et zi w ich shall be easy to 0 rate and which can be quickly operated or its purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hand tool for pruning and clipping com rising blades which may be straight, haw -bill-sha e or curved for special purposes, said lades being removable and changeable for sharpening, said blades be ng 1 mounted upon bars or shanks, one of whic I is movable relativel to the other for openingsnd closing the lades.

time and other ob]ects inay be attained by means of the construction illustrated in l the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pruning shears made in accordance with myjnvention and shown in operative position by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is alongitu inal section of the same. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view on line 8-8 of Fi 1 looking in the y direction indicated'by t e arrow. Fig. 4 i is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4 1 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the handle of the tool, said handle aving a recess or bore 2 therein. The side portions of the handle are cut away as at 3 upon opposite sides thereof and a slot 4 extends thr ugh the handle at this point. A suitable knirb 5 designed to rest u n the shears iandle and if desired a se arate ferrule or cap 8 may be applied to t is portion of the handle.

Extending into the handle 1 is a shank i having a rigid blade 7 formed thereon or secured thereto, said shank being secured to 1 the handle by means of a suitable pin 8. p A sliding shank 9 extends into the handle and is provided with a blade 10, which coiral' placed between the point round it desiredand surrounded a spring 11, the up r and of wlieh rs against a washer 9 on the'shank. Con,

tats of is sameis to rovide a simple hand tool for pruning aim of the hand is formed on the an of the rod *extendiing mounted in ie slot 4 in the handle.

tending curve arms 15.

easy to operate, the lades being separated automatically by the spring to operate the device.

few parts cannot readily get out of order and is strong, durable and etiieient.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

The herein described pruning shears comprising a hollow handle, a flat shank mounted to slide within the handle, a flat blade detachably connected to the upper end of said shank and projecting from one side thereof, a spiral sprin surrounding said shank within the hand e, a flat shank rigidly connected to said handle and lying flat against the first named shank, a blade secured to said rigid -shank and projecting lateralli therefrom parallel to the first named lode, a rod connected to the sliding shank, and a tin r-hold connected to said rodiagd moiilinltp in a slot in said handle, sai ngero ro ectin u on o osite sides of said hen e, and a kndh on 81% end of the handle designed to rest in the palm for o ration.

In estimon whereof I atlix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

. 0 JOHN P. SOUTH.

Witnesses:

C. H. BUCKLBY, Mrs. EDWIN Wauran.

nected to the shank "is a wire rod 13, said; through a finger hold 141 The; fiugerhold is rovided with oppositely ex-i .The 0 ration of my invention may be, v The tool is: asped in the ri ht hand and two of thewith each of the curved a pruning shears made in accordance with my invention, is mm is in construction, isv

so that it is necessary to move the blade in one direction onl 'Flie tool is composed of comparatively of the hand when the device is in position 7 

